Transcription of A Brief Version of the Big Five Personality Inventory
1 _____ _____ A Brief Version of the Big five Personality Inventory . Big five Inventory 10 (BFI 10) Adapted from Rammstedt, B. & John, O. P. (2007). Measuring Personality in one minute or less: A 10 item short Version of the Big five Inventory in English and German. Journal of Research in Personality , 41, 203 212. Instructions: How well do the following statements describe your Personality ? I see myself as someone who .. Disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Agree strongly a little nor disagree a little strongly 1.
2 Is reserved (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 2.. is generally trusting (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 3.. tends to be lazy (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 4.. is relaxed, handles stress well (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 5.. has few artistic interests (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 6.. is outgoing, sociable (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 7.. tends to find fault with others (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 8.. does a thorough job (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 9.. gets nervous easily (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 10.. has an active imagination (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Scoring the BFI 10 scales (R = item is reverse scored): Extraversion: 1R, 5 Agreeableness: 2, 7R Conscientiousness: 3R, 8 Neuroticism: 4R, 9 Openness to Experience: 5R, 10 (Retrieved 7/31/10 from ~johnlab/pdfs/BFI )
